Judicial He Said, She Said

This story is simply incredible, with both sides of the story something to behold considering these are people who are supposed to be appreciative of a certain amount of decorum. The story’s been shifting and it now sounds like a Monty Python skit gone horribly wrong. Trouble is it’s not a comedy and the allegations could result in serious trouble for Prosser if proven true. From JSonline:

Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley late Saturday accused fellow Justice David Prosser of putting her in a chokehold during a dispute in her office earlier this month.

“The facts are that I was demanding that he get out of my office and he put his hands around my neck in anger in a chokehold,” Bradley told the Journal Sentinel.

Sources told the Journal Sentinel two very different stories Saturday about what occurred. Some confirmed Bradley’s version. According to others, Bradley charged Prosser, who raised his hands to defend himself and made contact with her neck.

A joint investigation by Wisconsin Public Radio and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism first reported on the incident early Saturday, stating that Prosser “allegedly grabbed” Bradley around the neck.

Justice Prosser “raised his hands to defend himself and made contact with her neck”? If this supposed to be a serious accounting it misses by a mile.

Before leaving, Prosser “put his hands around her neck in what (Bradley) described as a chokehold,” the source said.

“He did not exert any pressure, but his hands were around her neck,” the source said.

The source said the act “was in no way playful.”

But another source told the Journal Sentinel that Bradley attacked Prosser.